Wall and ceiling fixture



Aug. 3 1926.

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' H. lF. GARVIN WALL AND CEILING FIXTURE Filed May 29, 1924 2Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented uv. 3, 1926.

unirsi) lstares HAM F. Garmin, on lnnnvvrivcf, iviinivnso'lin.

wWALL AND CELING FIXTURE.' I

Application filed May 29,

rlhis invention relates to new and useful improvements in wall andceiling fixtures and more especially to a device which can be embeddedin a brick or concrete wall 5 tloor or ceiling either during or afterthe construction o1' the house or other building and serves as alconvenient support for pipes, shelves and the like.

A further object of my invention is to l provide a. fixture ot' thecharacter specified involving a connection which mav be adjusted bothhorizontally and vertically.-

still turther object of my invention is to provide a wall or ceilingfixture which i is simple and economical in construction,

may be easily applied and in which the adjustable element may be readilyremoved from the housing.

Yith the foregoing and other objects in view that will appear as thenature of my invention is better understood, the same consists in thenovel features ot construction, combination and arrangement of partsillus- ,rated in the drawings and more particularly pointed out in theappended claim.

ln the accompanying drawings, which are for illustrative purposes andare therefore not drawn to scale.

liigure 1 is a plan view of a wall and ceiling fixture embodying myimprovements,

Figure 2 is a front edge view.

Figure 3 is an end view.

Figure 4l is a longitudinal sectional view.

Figure 5 is a transverse section taken on line 5-5 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a perspective view ot the bracket.

Referring to the drawings for a more particular description of myinvention and in which drawings like parts'are designated by likereference characters throughout the several views, A designates thehollow stationary housing and B the adjustable connection. The housing Ais of preferably rectangular oblong form and comprises the flat top,bottom, back and end walls 1, 2, 3, t and 5. respectively, but is openat the front as shown. The outer face of the back wall is preferablyflat while the corresponding faces of the top, bottom and end walls areformed with rectangular recesses 6, 7 and 8. and grooves 9 which mayextend partially or entirely around the marginal edges of said recessedportions. In practice, the housing is embedded or arranged in the wall1924. Serial No. 716,836.

or ceiling either during or 'after the construction of the house orother building and the recesses and grooves aforesaid, are adapted toreceive mortar whereby the housing` is securely anchored in place.

The top and bottom walls of the housing are termed adjacent their frontedges with longitudinally disposed registering grooves l() and 11,respectively, which extend the full length of said walls and in thisconnection attention is specially invited to the tact that the groove 11is formed in its bottom wall 12 with a recess 13, the purpose of whichwill presently appear.

An elongated bracket 14 is mounted in the housingwith its ends 15fitting in the grooves l0 and 11 in the top and bottom walls 1 and 2,respectively, and is susceptible of horizontal adjustment in thehousing` in either direction. This bracket, which isof approximatelyU-shaped form in cross section, is formed in its body portion with anelongated longitudinally disposed slot 1.6 adapted to receive the shankas 17 of a bolt or screw 18 employed in fastening pipes, shelves orother fixtures to the wall or ceiling through the medium of my device.This bolt and screw has threaded engagement with a nut 19 susceptible ofperpendicular adjustment in either direction in the bracket. The sidewalls 20 of the bracket are formed with inwardly extending` flanges 21which retain said nut in operative position. If desired to remove thebracket and associated parts trom the housing.I this may be accomplishedby movingthe former as far as possible to the right in the casing whenthe upper end et the bracket may be tilted down at an` inclinationsufficient to disengage it with the groove 10 in the top wall 1 byvirtue ot the recess 1.3 in the groove 11 in the bottom wall.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings, itis thought that the construction, operation and advantages of myinvention will be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent, ist

In a wall or ceiling fixture of the character specified, a hollowstationary housing formed in its top and bottom walls withlongitudinally disposed registering grooves, a horizontally adjustablebracket mounted in said housing With its ends litting and Working insai-d grooves, a nut adjustable perpendicularly in said bracket, thegroove in the bottom Wall of the casing formed' at one end and in itsbottom Wall with a recess or depression, and the body p0rtion of thebracket having` an elongated perpendicular slot adapted to receive theshank of a bolt or other fastening element. 10

In testimony whereof he alixes his signature.

HAM F. GARVIN.

